Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13

| VIC icAt Out uOulc III hauS8S
To seek healthier CLINE.
And to my neighbors promised,
! TOwrite to them sometime.
For feel can't forget them.
Ny neighbors, kind and true
I've been happy since met them,
And twas sad to say adieu
The evening before we started
They came to make a call,
And thought, before we parted,
We would have supper in the hail.
There were plenty Of cakes good to eat,
And melons, to which was quite treat.
Twas moonlight night so very fine.
Our company numbered just -.
On Wednesday morn we started
On our journey for the west,
Though sadly thus we parted,
We hoped twas for the best.
Inc nrSt dinner we ate while on the road,
Was vest Of Colby. near Mr.. Wards.
That night we camped IA miles from town,
Near as good family as ever was known.
Twas lovely evening. it could be darker.
That gentleman's name was Mr.. Barker.
Next day noon we camped near little town.
Crops looked green in every direction around.
That night We camped near Sherman Center.
Attended the Normal, though late We did en-
ter.
The speaking was good, the singing fine.
Better than we had heard for q long, long
time.
Well, Sherman Center is quite town.
The people are as Industrious as any we have
found.
For soon they will have three towns combined
in one:
Such Il thriving city will be equal to none
We sold our cow and got a good price,
Though the same as we paid just two years
ago.
On Sunday eve rs the sun went down.
We pitched our tent near Burlington,
And the next morning early we had good
laugh.
For We saw wet of town young buffalo calf
Crops near Burlington all looked very well.
BY that time was in such new country ]
couldn't find much to tell.
We travelled over some rough country the ugh
Where cactuses and soap weeds in abundance
did grow.
We saw seine Beautiful cattle on the range.
seemed strange.
Again. after that, some sandy country we
crossed,
And in rainy weather we felt that we were
almost lost.
And while we were crossing the prairie SO
vast,
Very few settlements were we permitted to
pass.
The children we. e delighted the last day OF
the week,
For they saw for the first time in their lives
the mountains of Pixies Peak
Far out on the prairie, where no settlement
we found,
We campcd on Saturday eve, as the beautiful
sun went down.
And the setting of the sun the children did
admire.
For it filed their hearts with pleasure. as its
rays they did expire.
For they each looked on in wOnder-permit
me thus 10 speak
And saw for the first time in their lives, it
sink behind Pixies Peak.
One Of the boys nBmed Willie, funny lad is
he.
Went out to view the mountain, and says:
MARY. come and see!"
"Lets sketch the lovely mountain, which we
never saw before.
Oh. Mary, come and help, say. We will sit
in our little tent door.
And the talk they had ABOUT it havn't yet
forgot,
While on the ground they both did sit, draw
ing the landscape on the cot.
And Mary says: Its wonderful, this noun
tain that view.
Look on and see the sunset. Oh! Auntie.
why don't you?
And also little Frankie kept saying Mother
Look and see for yourself, it is the mountain
view"
But mother she was busy. the bread fon sup
per making,
And was in great hurry to do he, Sunday
baking.
And their pa was busy also. making a good
fire,
But like the children and myself. the land
scape did admire.
think I'll close this writing about the noun |
tain view,
And bid to all my readers for the present u
kind adieu. Mrs. N. PEYrON,
Colorado Springs, Colo.